Inkstand



stand, and

Patented Feb. 2, 1932 UNITED S E lenses eUsrAvJ. snuenuscngor mmwxea'wisoasm 7 i i INKs'rANn Application filed 'June 2 930. serial-no. 4 3,776-

This invention relates to an ink 7 stand. construction and moreparticularly to an ink stand particularly designedfor facilitating thefilling of fountain pensb pen while being effective to prevent immer-'sion of a portion'of'the pen holder or foun- 10 tain pen barrel into theink or otherwriting fluid, thereby maintaining the pen barrel clean andready for instant'use upon filling Other objects of my invention are topro-' vide a device of the class'described of simple construction'whichis easy :to make, effective and not apt to get' out'of working order;-.t0. v

provide an arrangement which will normally afford a full supply of inkfor filling'the pen; to provide an arrangement wherein-the .open-,

at" ing'to the ink supply is normally-kept closed so as to preventevaporation ofitheink; to provide an arrangement wherein the pen be ingfilled is effective toimaintain the closure for the filling opening inopen position while the pen is being filled and wherein'theclosureautomatically adjusts itself to closed position upon removal ofthe pen.

Other objects and advantages of my 1nvention will be understood byreference to" the following specific'ationand accompanying drawings, inwhich I have illustrated a' v I auxiliary reservoir:

selected embodimentof my invention.

In the drawings V Fig. 1 is aplan view of my improved ink and 3 aresections on the line Figs. 2

Fig. 2 showing the parts in open of Fig.1,

position, while Fig. 3 illustrates the parts in;

,, closed position.

rubber, is mounted on the reservoir 5', prefl erably by means of screwthreading as .mdn cated at 9, or by'other meansyso asto be re- Inova'ble my An auxlllary reservo r 10 is disposed with w The main objectof my invention is to provide a device of the character referred -towhich will facilitate the filling of a'fountain Referringnow. to the Idrawings, my provedink stand includes a main reservolr inthe mainreservoir and'is adjustable vertically from lower or depressed positionas illustrated in Fig. 3 to up or raised position as illustrated in Fig.2. The auxiliaryreservoir 10 i'spreferably ofsuch size and shape that itfits in the pit'j? and is accordingly capable of displacingsubstantially all of the Writing fluid in thepit. The side wall of theauxiliary reservoir 10 is preferably slightly higher than the depth ofthe pit,whereby the fluid displaced from the pit will overflow the sideWall of theauxiliary reservoir and. fill the same. Bythe slightlygreater height Of the side wall of the auxiliary reservoir as best shownin Fig.8, the tendency for sediment to flow into-theauxiliaryreservoirismore or less overcome.

-' The auxiliary reservoir10 is mounted for vertical adjustment by meansof'a stem 11 which is secured at itslower end to the auxiliary reservoirby means of a screw threaded shank 12 which engages a tapped opening 13formed ina boss la'which-projects upwardly from the 'bottoinof theauxiliary reservoirs The stem 11 is sli'dably mounted in a suitably:b'oss'15 which dependsfrom the aperture'd As best shown in Fig.2, theboss cover 81 j of greater diameter thanthe stem 11 sol-that the boss ll will engage the boss 15"of the cover to limit upward adjustment of theinto'the auxiliary reservoir'when' the latter is in up position asillustrated in Fig. 2. The openings 16,17 and 18 are preferably ofvarious 'siZes 'so as to beeifective to limit the 14: of'the auxiliaryreservoir. is preferably" extent of immersion of the pen point and to Vprevent'the lower end of the fountain'pen 1 barrel or pen holder frombeing immersed in'the writing fluid in the auxiliary reservoir,

By this means, it isobvious that a fou t i peninayireadily be filledWithout danger and without the; possibilty of dipping the 'pen holderorbarrel in the ink with conse quent inconveniences. Of course, it willbe"understoodith'at fountain pens are i now to be had in a wide range ofsizes and that certain large sizes of pens that would lit in the opening18 would not fit in the opening 16, and also that some of the smallersizes of pens which would be limited in immersion by the opening 16,would not be so limited by the opening 17 or 18; hence, the desirabilityof the various sized openings.

For closing the openings 16, 17 and 18, I provide a unitary closuremember 19 which is mounted on the stem 11 so as to be adjustabletherewith. The closure 19 is mounted formed integral with the stem and ahandle or top element 21. The stem 20 passes through an opening 22provided in the closure member 19, and the handle or top 21 is tapped tofit the threaded shank 20 as clearly shown in Fig. 3. It will be seenthat the knob 21 serves to clamp the closure member 19 against the endor" the stem 23.

. The closure member may be generally described as being shaped like athree-leaf clover. By inspection of Fig. 1, it will be seen that the.closure embodies three main portions 24, 25 and 26 which arerespectively adapted to close the openings 16, 17 and 18. The recessesbetween the respective closure parts 24, 25 and 26 constitute seats 27,28 and 29 which are designed to position the pen substantiallyvertically coaxial with the respective openings 16, 17 and 18 in thecover. For causing the closure member to rotate from its closed positionas indicated in broken lines in Fig. 1 to its open position asillustrated in full lines in Fig. 1, I provide the stem or post 11 witha spiral groove 30 into which a. pin or stud 31 projects from thedepending boss 15 of the cover. It will be seen that when the auxiliaryreservoir 10 is manually adjusted upwardly from the pit position showninFig. 3 to the pen filling position shown in Fig. 2, it will benecessarily rotated in accordance with the pitch of the spiral groove30. By this means, the

clover-shaped closure member is more or less automaticaly caused toassume its open position as an incident toraising of the auxiliaryreservoir.

In the present instance, I have shown the spiral groove 30 as havingsuch a pitch that the auxiliary receptacle stem and other partsconnected to the stem 11 are rotated only approximately of a completerevolution. This is sufficient to permit the insertion of a pen as shownin Fig. It will be understood that when the pen is in filling positionas shown in Fig. 2, the pen acts as a lock to prevent downward movementof the closure inasmuch as the closure can not then rotate as required.If desired, the pitch of the spiral groove '30 may be increased so thatthe closure member is caused to rotate a halt revolution or-more to openposition so that the locking eli'ect of'the pen when in filling positionwill be more pronounced than with the arrangement illustrated. However,for present purposes, I prefer the arangement shown.

A washer 32 may be interposed between the cover and upper edge of themain reservoir to provide a tight joint therebetween, and the saidwasher may conveniently be anchored to the cover by being seated in anundercut seat 33 as shown. By this means, loss 01" the washer 32 whenthe cover is removed 1 ..froin the reservoir, is avoided. 011 the stemby means or a threaded shanu 2O The cover 8 is preferably provided witha recessed portion 3 1 shaped to receive the clover shaped closure 19and each opening 16, 17 and 18 is located in one of the leaf portions ofthe said recess 3 1. This recessed arrangementprevents ink, which mightaccidentally be drawn up to the edges of the openings, from spreadingover a normally exposed area on the cover.

I am aware that changes may be made in the above cescribed structurewithout do: parting from the spirit of my invention, the scope of whichshould be determined by reference to the following claims, the samebeing construed as broadly as possible consistent with the state of theart.

I claim as my invention:

1. in a device of the class described, the combination of a reservoirfor writing fluid, a cover over said reservoir having an opening thereinof such size as to permit only a predetermined end portion of a writinginstrument to be passed therethrough for immersion in fluid in saidreservoir, and a closure for said opening, adapted when in openposition, to position the writing instrument in predetermined relationto said opening.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a reservoirfor writing fluid, a cover over said reservoir having an opening thereinof such size as to permit only a predetermined end portion of a writinginstrumentto be passed therethrough for immersion in fluid in saidreservoir, and a closure for said opening arranged. to be held in openposition by the holder of the pen be ing immersed and to automaticallymove to closed position upon withdrawal of the pen and pen holder.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination or" a mainreservoir for writing fluid, an auxiliary reservoir within said mainreservoir adapted to be filled with fluid therefrom by submersiontherein, a cover over said main reservoir having an opening therein ofsuch size as to permit only a predetermined end portion of a writinginstrument to be passed therethrough for immersion in the fluid in saidauxiliary reservoir, and a closure for said opening arranged to beautomatically held in open position by apart of the pen being immersedand to automatically move to closed position upon Withdrawal of the pen.7 v a 4. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a main reservoir for writing fluid, a cover for said mainreservoir, an auxiliary reservoir vertically adjustably mounted in saidmain reservoir, means outside of said main reservoir, for facilitatingmanual adjustment of said auxiliary reservoir, said cover having arestricted opening for permitting the pen point portion of a fountainpen to be passed through the cover and immersed in fluid in saidauxiliary reservoir when the latter is in upposition;

5. In a device of the class described, the combination of a mainreservoir for writing fluid, a cover for said main reservoir, anauxiliary reservoir vertically adjustably mounted in saidmain'reservoir, means out side of said main reservoir for facilitatingmanual adjustment of said auxiliary reservoir, said cover having arestricted openingfor permitting'the pen point portion of'a fountain pento be passed through the cover and immersed in fluid in'said auxiliaryreservoir when the latter is in Lip-position, and a closure for saidopening, mounted so as to be opened as an incident to adjustment of saidauxiliary reservoir to tip-position.

a cover for said main reservoir having a plurality of respectivelydifferent sized openings for permitting different sized pen points to bepassed: through the cover and into the fluid in said reservoir, saidopenings being of such size'as to limit the extent of immersion of thepen point by engagement with a portion of the pen holder, and a unitaryclosure for said openings adjustable as a unit to open and closedpositions.

7 In a device of the class described, the

combination of a main reservoir for Writing pen holder,-and a unitaryclosure for said openings adjustable as a unit to open and closedpositions. l a

8. In a device of the class described, the combination of a reservoirfor writing fluid, a cover for said main reservoir having a plurality ofrespectively different sized openings for permitting different sized penpoints to be passed through the cover and into the fluid in saidreservoir, said openings being of such size as to limit the extent ofimmersion of the pen point; by engagement with aportion of'the penholder,=a-nd a closure for said open tion;

; 9. In, a device of the class described, the

combination of a main reservoir having a pit lnits bottom, a cover forsaid main reservoir, an auxiliary reservoir fitting in said pit so as tothe capable of'displacing'substantially all of the fluid therefrom,means for vertically ustably mounting said auxiliary reservoirinsaidcover'for movement into and I out of saidzpit, means forfacilitating manual adjustmentfof said auxiliary reservoir, an openingin said cover for permittinga pen point to be passed therethrough andinto said auxiliary reservoir, and auclosure mounted for adjustment inits own plane .to open and closed position as an incidenttoverticaljadjustment of said auxiliary reservoir. 7

r 10; In a device of the class described, the

combination of amain reservoir for writing fluid, said reservoir havinga pit in its bottom, a cover for said main reservoir, an aux- "iliaryreservoir fitting in said pit soas tO be 6. In a device of the classdescribed, the combination of a reservoir for writing fluid,

capable of displacing substantially allof the fluidtherefroni, means forvertically and-r0- tatably adjustably mounting said reservoir insaidi'cover, means for facilitating such ad-- justment of said auxiliaryreservoir manual- 1y, said cover having an opening therein for Ypermitting the pen point portion of a fountain pen to be insertedthrough said cover into said auxiliary reservoir when the latter is inup-position, and a closure mounted for vertical and rotary adjustment inits own plane to open position as an incident to upward v adjustment ofsaid auxiliary reservoir.

11. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a main reservoir for writing fluid, said reservoir havinga pit in its bottom, a cover for said maln reservolr, an auxiliaryreservoir fitting in said pit so as to be" capable of displacingsubstantially all of the fluid therefrom, means for vertically androtatably adjustably, mounting said reservoir in said cover, means forfacilitating such adjustment of said auxiliary reservoir manually, saidcover having a plurality of different sized openings for permittingpredetermined sizes of pen points to be inserted through said cover intosaid auxiliary reservoir when "the latter is in up-position, While alsopreventing-passage of the adjacent por tion of the pen holderthroughsaid cover, and a closure for said openings mounted for adjustmenttofopen position as an incident";

to vertical and rotary adjustment of said auxiliary reservoir. 7

12; In a device of the class described, the

combination of a main reservoir for writing 1 v fluid, said reservoirhaving a pit in its bottom, a cover for said main reservoir, anauxiliary reservoir fitting in said pit so as to be capable ofdisplacing substantially all of the fluid therefrom, means forvertically and rotatably adjustably mounting said reservoir in saidcover, means for facilitating manual vertical and rotary adjustment ofsaid auxiliary reservoir, said cover having a plurality of differentsized openings for permitting predetermined sizes of pen points to beinserted through said cover into said auxiliary reservoir when thelatter'is in rip-position While also preventing passage of the adjacentportion of the pen holder through said cover, and a closure for saidopenings mounted for adjustment to open and closed positions as anincident to vertical rotary adj ustment of said auxiliary reservoir,said closure having seats adapted to receive and position the pen holderin predetermined relation to said openings.

13. A device as defined in claim 9, wherein said opening is restrictedto permit limited immersion of a pen, and said closure functions when inopen position to retain said pen in said opening.

141. A device as defined in claim 10, where in said opening isrestricted to permit limited immersion of a pen, and said closurefunctions When in open position'to retain said pen in said opening.

GUSTAV J. SENGBUS'GH.

